Procedure For Registering Ethernet/Ip Devices; Adding The Eds File - Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series User Manual

3.2

Procedure for Registering EtherNet/IP Devices

This section describes the procedure for registering EtherNet/IP devices to the EtherNet/IP communication settings. The
following two methods can be used to register EtherNet/IP devices.
• Configuring settings online ( Page 96 Configuring settings online)
• Configuring settings offline ( Page 96 Configuring settings offline)

Adding the EDS file

Follow the EDS Management wizard to add EtherNet/IP devices to "Device Library".
1.
Open the "EDS Management" window.
[Library] [Add]
2.
Click the [Next] button in the "EDS Management" window.
3.
Select EDS files to add and click the [Next] button.
Item
Add File(s)
Add all the EDS from the Directory
Look in Subfolders
Directory or File Name
[Browse] button
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Description
Select this item to add the selected EDS files. (Multiple EDS files
can be added at a time.)
Click the [Browse] button and select EDS files.
Select this item to add all EDS files in the selected folder.
Click the [Browse] button to select a folder.
Select this item to select subfolders in the selected folder when
"Add all the EDS from the Directory" has been selected.
Displays the path of the selected EDS file or selected folder.
The storage location of the EDS file or folder can be directly
specified.
Displays the EDS file or the folder where EDS files have been
stored.
Setting range
• Selected
• Not selected
(Default: Selected)
• Selected
• Not selected
(Default: Not selected)
• Selected
• Not selected
(Default: Not selected)
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